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Sofia Coppola’s Dior Commercial By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 4, 2008 6:40 pm EST We’ve been trying to post more and more television commercials directed by feature film directors. /Film reader Carlos M sends word that the new Dior advertisement is directed by Sofia Coppola. The commercial is for Miss Dior Cherie fragrance, and features Maryna Linchuk having fun around the streets of Paris. It’s so very “Lost in Translation”. And before anyone asks, the song is called Moi, Je Joue, by Brigitte Bardot....

Star Trek: Three More Photos And New Information Cheat Sheet By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 16, 2008 4:34 pm EST Yesterday Paramount Pictures released six new photos from JJ Abrams’ Star Trek (if you havent seen them yet, click here). Entertainment Weekly premiered their extensive cover story earlier. We have three more new photos (one from Yahoo, one from AICN, and one from /film reader Franco L). We’ve also decided to break down the EW article into bite-sized easily digestible facts, just in case you didn’t want to read all eight pages....

Sundance Movie Review: Sleep Dealer By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 21, 2008 2:05 am EST When Sundance lead programer Geoffrey Gilmore introduced Sleep Dealer, he claimed that it would be hard to describe the film without saying that “it’s unlike anything you’ve seen before.” And while his claim is very true, Sleep Dealer very much reminds me of George Lucus’ THX 1138. I am convinced that if Alex Rivera can do all this on such a low budget with a super 16 camera, that he will someday follow-up with a Star Wars sized epic....

Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis In Talks For The Hobbit By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2008 11:06 pm EST Guillermo del Toro will enter pre-production on the two-film big screen adaptation of The Hobbit after Hellboy II: The Golden Army hits theaters in July. Variety reports that Warner Bros has already had “preliminary contact” with three actors from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy about reprising their roles for the upcoming prequels:...

When Will We See The First Official Photo From Iron Man 2? By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2009 1:38 pm EST I’ll make this quick. No, we don’t have the first official photo from Iron Man 2, but Jon Favreau has announced on Twitter that the image will run in Friday’s edition of USA Today. So check back on Thursday night to get a first look at the upcoming comic book sequel....

Will Wright’s Cosmos-Spanning Game Spore Gets A Movie Deal By Russ Fischer/Oct. 2, 2009 9:02 am EST Not only does Spore not have a plot, the creatures found within the game don’t even have one specific look. Infinite variety is the whole point of the game; you create unique creatures that evolve over time from microscopic organisms into a race that might eventually span the galaxy. Variety quotes Wedge on the subject of the game: “I’m always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation....

/Film UK - Guy Ritchie, Neil Jordan, Nick Frost And More By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 15, 2010 3:00 am EST BAFTA have unveiled their nominations for the Rising Star award – ie. the one that Joe Public votes for. It’s Jesse Eisenberg vs. Nicholas Hoult vs. Carey Mulligan vs. Tahar Rahim vs. Kristen Stewart. Just the way Dr. Who won Noel Clarke the nod in the past, I’m sure Twihards will rally round Stewart....

Alfred Molina And Ben Kingsley Join Prince Of Persia By Peter Sciretta/June 3, 2008 12:03 am EST Disney has announced that Alfred Molina and Ben Kingsley have been cast in the big screen adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, joining Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace). Disney’s live-action adaptation of the popular action adventure video game series, follows an adventurous prince Dastan (Gyllenhaal) who must join forces with a rival princess Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time....

Amy Adams Cast In The Fighter By Peter Sciretta/June 29, 2009 7:22 pm EST The Fighter has been struggling to make it to the big screen for the last two years, and is finally back on track with David O Russell at the helm. Production is set to begin in a couple weeks, and the final casting announcements are being made. Academy Award-nominated actress Amy Adams is in final negotiations to star opposite Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg in the sports bio....

Are The Watchmen Watching 27.com? By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 12, 2008 4:59 am EST The negative side of the cool viral marketing that the studios is doing is what people the Alternate Reality Gaming world call Gamejacks. The Cloverfield craze saw the emergence of Evan Haas and a few other sites which attempted to capitalize on the hype behind JJ Abrams’ mysterious monster flick. I’m usually hesitant to report on such new sites, especially due to the studio’s unwillingness to confirm such sites as official or “Out of game”....

Billy Bob Thornton And Tom Wilkinson Join Tony Gilroy’s Duplicity By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 27, 2008 3:37 pm EST If it wasn’t for the blasé title, Duplicity might have a more pronounced blip on 2009 movie radars. Director Tony Gilroy’s debut, Michael Clayton, scored seven Oscar noms, including Best Picture and Best Director, and the cast to his follow-up is of similar caliber, with Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Wilkinson now joining Clive Owen and Julia Roberts in the thriller about the pharmaceutical industry, modern greed and espionage....

Box Office: The $400 Million Club Infographic By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2009 1:30 pm EST Update: The infographic comes from MovieFill. This infographic shows movies that have passed $400 million at the box office. It appears the graphic was published just after Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen completed its second weekend, because the film has gone on to make a lot more since July 5th – $398.7 million total domestically, and $428....

Carla Gugino Joins Sucker Punch Cast By Brendon Connelly/Aug. 4, 2009 8:44 am EST Staying faithful to one of his Minutemen, Zack Snyder has given Carla Gugino a role in the upcoming Sucker Punch. So far we know almost nothing about her part of Mrs. Schulz. Indeed, it could be a key part or it could be not: The Hollywood Reporter tag her only as “an adult figure in the institution....

Cool Stuff: LEGO Darth Vader By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2008 1:28 am EST Brickshelf user Edul Young built this Darth Vader using Technic, Bionicle, and System parts. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com. via: Superpunch Cool Stuff: LEGO Darth Vader By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2008 1:28 am EST Brickshelf user Edul Young built this Darth Vader using Technic, Bionicle, and System parts....

Cool Stuff: Optimus Prime Metal Sculpture By Peter Sciretta/May 19, 2008 3:54 am EST Metal sculptures are starting to become really popular within the geek community. Robot Models, the Phuket Thailand-based sculptor company have created a 7-foot 485-pound Transformers Optimus Prime sculpt is made from old junk parts. Very bad ass, but extremely expensive with a price tag of $4,838.71 (I wonder how they came up with that really strange money figure)....

Cool Stuff: Retro Whale’s Favorite Directors Portrait Series By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2010 9:00 am EST Retro Whale has created a series of art based on the favorite filmmakers of film geeks. She has created quirky little portraits of 20 great filmmakers, which you can purchase as art prints, magnets, or 4x4 clapboard coasters (which are wall mountable). The set includes: Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino, Spike Jonze, Paul Thomas Anderson, Steven Soderbergh, Noah Baumbach, Wes Anderson, Coen brothers, Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, Tim Burton, Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski, Sophia Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson and Sam Raimi....

Cool Stuff: The Rocky Horror Picture Set Poster Set By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 8, 2008 6:00 am EST Australian artist Ken Taylor created two posters for the Alamo Drafthouse’s screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which is part of the October horror film series. Rocky Horror has been playing weekly (every saturday at midnight) at the Alamo Village since 2004. The two poster set features Magenta and Riff Raff, and might be the first of a series from what I hear....

Final Poster For Toy Story 3 By Russ Fischer/March 4, 2010 11:08 am EST Briefly: Hey, that’s a pretty good poster. Yahoo has premiered the final poster image for Pixar’s Toy Story 3, and it’s a nice top-down view of the movie’s massive toybox full of characters. Just about all the new guys are crammed in there; to see any of them in more detail you can check out our rundowns of many of the new additions to the cast....

First Look: Johnny Depp As The Madd Hatter? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 17, 2008 12:42 pm EST Photo Removed The image above has been floating around the interwebs today (I’m not sure the exact origin, but I’ve been e-mailed it at least 9 times). Could this be a first look at Johnny Depp as The Madd Hatter in Tim Burton’s 3D adaptation of Alice in Wonderland? I don’t know. It looks pretty fake (or at least you would hope so)....

First Official Thor Photos In May, Concept Art Coming Sooner By Peter Sciretta/April 5, 2010 12:30 pm EST Branding consultant Gregory Littley has revealed on twitter that the first official production photos from Marvel’s Thor will hit on May 5th. But you won’t have to wait until then to see a glimpse at Asgard and the warriors of that world. Over the next few weeks we can expect to see “the release of intense concept art....